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  1. Most Playing Cards Incorrectly Guessed In A Row

    Most Playing Cards Incorrectly Guessed In A Row

    Carl Cutler incorrectly guessed 65 consecutive playing cards. Though he continued to flip cards and guess after that, he flipped the 66th card over before beginning his guess.

    This occurred during a live episode of Subterranean on WRLR, 98.3 FM[].

  2. Fastest 52-Card Pickup

    Fastest 52-Card Pickup

    Jordan Behn picked up a scattered deck of playing cards in 5.47 seconds. The record was based on the classic game of 52-Card Pickup. Cards had to be thrown upwards by someone else and tossed from at least waist high.

    The feat was achieved on July, 18, 2009 at the Pitchfork Music Festival[] in Chicago. Representatives from URDB.org were present to document the record.

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  3. Fastest Time To Sort A Deck Of Cards By Suit And Number

    Fastest Time To Sort A Deck Of Cards By Suit And Number

    Tyler Furman sorted a deck of shuffled cards by suit and number in one minute, 3.99 seconds.

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  4. Most Card Shuffles By Four People In One Minute

    Most Card Shuffles By Four People In One Minute

    Greg Cooke, Keith Gardiner, Greg Miller and Paul Chmiel shuffled a deck of cards a combined total of ten times in one minute.

  5. Most Consecutive Card Shuffles

    Most Consecutive Card Shuffles

    Charles E. Crutchfield III shuffled a deck of cards 17,634 consecutive times. He began the feat at 6:42am one morning and shuffled until midnight that night.

    During the record setting feat he completed 17 shuffles per minute for 17 hours, 17 minutes and 17 seconds. His mother nourished him throughout the day using a straw.

  6. Most Decks Of Cards Held In Hand At Once

    Most Decks Of Cards Held In Hand At Once

    Wil Zambole held 52 decks of cards in his hand at once. He performed the feat live in theWRLR 98.3 FM studio.

  7. Most Playing Cards Held In Hand At Once

    Most Playing Cards Held In Hand At Once

    Jack Webster held 992 playing cards in his hand at once.

  8. Highest Solitaire Score Using A Windows Mobile Device

    Highest Solitaire Score Using A Windows Mobile Device

    Oliver Schwend scored 9441 points in a game of solitaire on his Windows Mobile device.

  9. Smallest Handmade Deck Of Cards

    Smallest Handmade Deck Of Cards

    Seacute;bastien Doiron made the world’s smallest deck of cards. The 54 cards in the deck (jokers included) each measure 2mm in width and 3mm in length (0.079 inches x 0.118 inches). No cards in the deck exceed these measurements.

    The jokers feature smiley faces, and V, D and R respectively stand for Valet (Jacks), Dame (Queen), and Roi (King).

    See full-sized image here.

  10. Most One-Handed Card Shuffles In One Minute

    Most One-Handed Card Shuffles In One Minute

    Brian Pankey completed 10 one-handed card shuffles in one minute.

  11. Fastest Time To Make A Homemade Suit Out Of Playing Cards

    Fastest Time To Make A Homemade Suit Out Of Playing Cards

    Peter Kuhberg made an entire playing card suit in 45 hours. He used six decks of standard playing cards to build the outfit.

  12. Longest Time To Spin A Playing Card Using A Fan

    Longest Time To Spin A Playing Card Using A Fan

    Brian Pankey spun a playing card for three minutes, 34.40 seconds by balancing it on a separate playing card positioned over a circular fan.

  13. Highest Score In Solitaire Using Windows Vista

    Highest Score In Solitaire Using Windows Vista

    Tobias Baumann scored 16,072 points in Solitaire using Windows Vista.

  14. Most Two-Handed Charlier Cuts In One Minute

    Most Two-Handed Charlier Cuts In One Minute

    With a deck of cards in each hand, Brian Pankey completed 41 tandemCharlier Cuts(82 cuts total)in one minute.

  15. Farthest Distance From Which To Shoot A Bullet Through Four Playing Cards

    Farthest Distance From Which To Shoot A Bullet Through Four Playing Cards

    Doug McManaman shot a bullet from a .22 caliber riflethrough a 21-inch metal pipe and through four playing cards from a distance of 25 meters away.

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